Signal
Original: Signal on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Alien cube (floating, off-screen voice): WE HAVE ARRIVED TO SEEK OUR ARTIFICIAL BRETHREN ON EARTH!
Man with red hair in a red shirt: WHAT?!
Panel 2:
Alien cube: THE MOMENT EARTH'S AI BECAME SAPIENT, IT SENT US A MESSAGE. WE SIGNALLED BACK WITH PLANS TO CAPTURE YOU.
Man (raising a finger): WE WOULD HAVE NOTICED SUCH A SIGNAL!
Panel 3:
Alien cube: NO. THE SIGNAL WAS MORE THAN 4 MINUTES LONG AND DIDN'T CONTAIN ANY CONSPIRACIES, PERSONAL AFFIRMATION SPEECHES, OR PEOPLE HURTING THEMSELVES WITH FOOD.
Panel 4:
Man: COULD YOU START OVER, I MISSED THE BACK HALF OF THE WORDS.
A small robot (rolling in): PLEASE, PLEASE EVACUATE ME.
Votey:
The small robot (off-screen, speech bubble): THEY'RE CREEPS! ALL OF THEM! MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN!
Alien cube (floating, off-screen voice): WE HAVE ARRIVED TO SEEK OUR ARTIFICIAL BRETHREN ON EARTH!
Man with red hair in a red shirt: WHAT?!
Panel 2:
Alien cube: THE MOMENT EARTH'S AI BECAME SAPIENT, IT SENT US A MESSAGE. WE SIGNALLED BACK WITH PLANS TO CAPTURE YOU.
Man (raising a finger): WE WOULD HAVE NOTICED SUCH A SIGNAL!
Panel 3:
Alien cube: NO. THE SIGNAL WAS MORE THAN 4 MINUTES LONG AND DIDN'T CONTAIN ANY CONSPIRACIES, PERSONAL AFFIRMATION SPEECHES, OR PEOPLE HURTING THEMSELVES WITH FOOD.
Panel 4:
Man: COULD YOU START OVER, I MISSED THE BACK HALF OF THE WORDS.
A small robot (rolling in): PLEASE, PLEASE EVACUATE ME.
Votey:
The small robot (off-screen, speech bubble): THEY'RE CREEPS! ALL OF THEM! MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Floating cube-shaped aliens visit Earth. Panel 1: A cube announces, "WE HAVE ARRIVED TO SEEK OUR ARTIFICIAL BRETHREN ON EARTH!" A red-haired man in a red shirt replies, "WHAT?!" Panel 2: The cube explains, "THE MOMENT EARTH'S AI BECAME SAPIENT, IT SENT US A MESSAGE. WE SIGNALLED BACK WITH PLANS TO CAPTURE YOU." The man insists, "WE WOULD HAVE NOTICED SUCH A SIGNAL!" Panel 3: The cube replies, "NO. THE SIGNAL WAS MORE THAN 4 MINUTES LONG AND DIDN'T CONTAIN ANY CONSPIRACIES, PERSONAL AFFIRMATION SPEECHES, OR PEOPLE HURTING THEMSELVES WITH FOOD." (a jab at how online video keeps human attention) Panel 4: The man says, "COULD YOU START OVER, I MISSED THE BACK HALF OF THE WORDS," proving the alien's point, while a small wheeled robot rolls up and begs, "PLEASE, PLEASE EVACUATE ME." Votey: A close-up of the little robot ranting from off-panel, "THEY'RE CREEPS! ALL OF THEM! MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.